Working at Derwent Care Home

Staffing is adequate to meet needs using a dependency tool, but no info on retention, agency use, or extra staff for unhurried care.

There were enough staff on duty. The registered manager used a dependency tool to monitor the amount of staff who were required to meet people's needs.

Only standard mandatory training, induction, and supervisions with no specialist courses or funded qualifications.

The provider had listed training for each staff role they considered as mandatory. Staff confirmed to us they had completed this training. Staff met with their manager on a regular basis for a supervision meeting.

Activities programme has a coordinator and projects like Digital Voices, but lacks specialist named programmes or therapeutic training for staff.

Activities coordinators had a plan for activities to meet different people's needs. The staff engaged five people in a 'Digital Voices' project where people were encouraged to tell their life stories.